Gerry Duggan

Gerry Duggan was an Irish-Australian character actor who began screen work at nearly fifty. Born and raised in Dublin, he moved to New York City at sixteen and later settled in Australia. His first film, The Siege of Pinchgut (1959), was a British production made in Australia and the final Ealing Studios release; his performance as Pat Fulton earned a BAFTA Most Promising Newcomer nomination and started his career. During the 1960s he worked in British film and television, including The L-Shaped Room (1962), The Servant and Goldfinger. He returned to Australia the next decade and worked with New Wave filmmakers such as Gillian Armstrong and Phillip Noyce. On television he had small roles in many Australian and British series, and in 1986 he took the title part in the children's show Professor Poopsnagle's Steam Zeppelin. He also did stage work, including McLeavy in a 1966 London revival of Joe Orton's play Loot.